The jury definitely found Google in the wrong, in that it had infringed upon Oracle’s copyrights by its use of the 37 Java APIs used in Java (structure, sequence, and organization (SSO)). However, it cannot agree on one of the four questions that it was asked regarding the case, therefore it is at an impasse.

The question that it can’t answer? Whether Google’s use of these APIs were “fair use” or not, which of course would mean that the company would owe Oracle nothing.

A. Has Oracle proven that Google has infringed the overall structure,sequence and organization of copyrighted works? YES